St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-04
FLOUR CITY FINDINGS.
The Police Commission Chops OFF Heads
Right and Left in Most Reckless
Manner.
Genzler Loses Teacupful of Brains, But
Continues to Live and May
Recover.
Creditable Exhibition by the Athletes
--Annual of the Homeopathic
Hospital.
Matt W alsh Made Supervisor OF the
Water Works. -Doings of The
Health Board.
THE AN FALLS.
And the Heads of Twenty.Three
Policemen Fall Off.

Policemen Fall Off.
The police commission met yesterday
afternoon and rounded up" the force in
artistic style. Summarized, its work is as
follows: Of the 1855 men on the force the
applications of 1873 have been accepted, Is
have been removed, 5 have resigned, bridge
policemen have been referred to the city
council, and five applications remain to be
passed upon. The first action of the COM
mission. after the clerk had presented this
statement, was to reduce the remainder of
the force to the position of patrolmen. The
rules were then suspended and
the name of Maj. Il. Il. Henderson
was proposed for superintendent. Under
the law it took four votes to elect him, and
he only received three votes. there being
one vote in the negative and the mayor not
voting. The offices of superintendent and
assistant were then passed over, and the
following appointments made:
CaptainS-W. w. Bosworth, Peter McKer-
nan, Martin Buertening and Louis Ness.
Lieutenants-Jacob Helm, Swan Walton,
Dan Day and John NJ. Hoy.
Sergeapts-Thomas Nelson, John Kennedy,
a. j. Mullen, Henry krumweide, +. Z. Coffin
and John Norman.
These appointments are virtually reap
pointments, as tie offices were previously
neld by the same men. There yet remain
four SergeantS to be appointed. as the num-
Der has been increased TO ten by the COM
mission. Capt. Martin Buertening was
detailed TO act as superintendent of po-
lice for the time being, and
the court officers, patrol drivers
and jailers were notified to hold the same
positions until further notice. This Is the
work of the commission so far as is known.
Another meeting will be held this after
noon, when the five remaining applications
not passed upon will be considered, and
other appointments made.
THE LIST OF VICTIMS
includes 1t. Coz. Lundberg, Detectives Quin-
Ian and Sheppard. Patrolmen Ed Weston and
owen Burns, who have resigned
Removed - Adjutant Ward, License In
Spector Kelly, Court-otficer Harry NJ. Burke
Detective J. g. Doyle. PatrOlmen Caldwell,
Russell, II. w. Ward Provost, Nicholas Smith
Brooks, Brandt, and Eckiund.
The announcement of these removals was
conveyed during the day by letters ad-
dressed to the unfortunateS, informing
them that their connection with the police
force ceased forthwith. There is, of
course, great deal of talk and comment
about the city ball upon the action of
the commission. The removals, with but
few exceptions, include some of the most
faithful and popular officers on'the force,
and the expressions of regret We're
numerous. There was. too.
THE HUMOROUS SIDE
to the situation. Capt. Martin Buerfening
was embarrassed rather than pleased with
his sudden promotion to the eX-
allied office of superintendent, and
bluShed every time he was saluted as ''col-
onel" Or superintendent. After he re-
ceived the keys 10 the office from Col. Hill
he left for home and was not seen around
headquarters again. Col. Hill said:
! expect to be detailed to u beat to-day, and
will hold it down, and don't you forget know
how 10 do it, either.
Capt. H&nkinSon and the other detectives
were called cops and peelers." Adjt.
Ward sat in his Office making ont saloon
keepers bonds. and smiled as blandly as
ever. The other victims almost invariably
took their diSmiSsalS good naturally and
there was very little kicking.
There is one radical step which the com
mission has taken that may cause trouble,
and that is the abolition Of the detective
force. This is a serious step, and its eX-
pediency is so doubtful as to make it ap-
pear ridiculous.
ON THE STREETS.
SuOTliH dllGr u clOck ldSL evening every
body knew that there had been q ruction in
che police commission, and that there had
been decided understanding on the three to
TWO principle. The expression was common
place that Commissioner Janney was 4 full
hedged Republican, and that his ideas had
been canvassed before he was selected by the
Republicans as Democratic member.
At a late hour last evening Mayor Ames
was found by GLOBE reporter and asked
what he thought OF the police commission sit
uation He said it reminded him. a crowd
Of cowboys trying TO conduct Jones and
small revival meeting. They were not built
that way. He said: The action Of the COM
missioners to-day is, in my opinion, the most
serious blunder ever made for the welfare
Of the city. Col. Hill, the chief of police
who has been reduced to the ranks, has the
nerve which admire and he will serve as q
patrolman until next spring, when the Dem
ocratic city council will relegate Commits
sioner Janney to the obscurity from which he
sprung and place reliable Demo-
craG in his position and promote
Col. Hill to his former place
He is the best chief of police the city ever
had, and partisanship has done it's best in his
case. The leaving of the city without de-
lective on duty is a sample of the fanaticism
which the legislature and the Republican
council gave our people to deal with against
the 5000 majority given me at the last
municipal election. The people have backed
IHS dclS VI JHe laSI lepISIdCufe
and still the creatures of the defunct Repub-
ican council dare, in the face Of the peoples
verdict endorsing me, interpose its puritan
ism. Col. Hill was backed by a petition of
.he bankers and leading business men
0T the central portion of the CITY, and
still he had to be sacrificed to appease the
thirst for AmeS' blood. He will stand it
longer that his opponents will. The voting of
the detective force out of existence was the
most foolhardy proceeding l ever heard of.
Every thoroughbred detective on my force will
serve for year as patrolman. But the idea
Of leaving the city without an educated
detective force is to invite the worst char
Rcters in the country to come here and turn
themselves loose on our city. Commissioner
Baker said yesterday that it was intended
that the superintendent of police should detail
such members of the force as he deemed
necessary to ferret out crime and hunt up
offenders. This shows the caliber of the ma
iority of the commission, and will be the key
note of the future. L advise the merchants
and public generally to look out.
GENXLEEI STl7.L LIVES,